I disabled UAC on my Windows 8 install, but I found that it caused me issues when I needed to install downloaded programs (installation would fail due to no admin privileges).

I re-enabled UAC, but this problem still occurs. I need to manually run downloaded programs as admin to get them to work. I also need to run Google Chrome as an admin in order to get the flash plug-in to work.

How did you disable UAC? Just using the slider, or did you also set EnableLUA in the registry to 0?
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KaranFeb 2 '13 at 16:49

just the slider. When I disabled it, running downloaded installers would fail unless I right-clicked -> run as admin. I tried setting the slider back to defaults, but the issue persists. Now google chrome will only show flash if it's run as admin too
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Karuna-bdcFeb 2 '13 at 17:00

Still, ensure EnableLUA is set to 1. Also try sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt and see if that helps.
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KaranFeb 2 '13 at 17:04

done and done. Still no dice :( Sfc didn't find anything and EnableLUA is set to 1
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Karuna-bdcFeb 2 '13 at 17:19

EnableLUA must be 0 to disable UAC. UAC is still running for you.
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magicandre1981Feb 3 '13 at 6:20

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I am not entirely sure yet what is causing your problem, however, here is another thing you could try: sometimes downloaded files get marked as insecure and you cannot execute them until you right-click on the file and then on the 'Unblock' option.

Attempt to replicate by re-downloading one of the files that caused you issues and see if there is an Unblock option in any of the tabs that open in the panel displayed by right-clicking.

The reason why I'm suggesting this possibility is because I'm also on Win8 currently and have never experienced the sort of issue you mentioned after disabling UAC.